How would you like to personalize and dress up those drab ceramic plates, cups, and saucers? It's not only possible, it's much easier than you might think. Handcrafting guru Heather has posted this excellent tutorial on doing your own
ceramic transfers.
The first thing you'll need of course, are the ceramic pieces. Next, a screen printer will be able to put your graphics on transfer paper for you. The key here is using the right
vitrifying ink. Then just cut them out, soak them to remove the backing, and arrange them on the ceramic pieces.
Finally, the pieces just need to be
glazed and cooked in the kiln.
Pottery studios are readily available in most places for crafty folks and even for children's parties. But can you eat off them, you ask? Certainly you can! What a great idea for a birthday or anniversary.
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I dream of making my own dinner set but I'd love to do it in a way I would not have to glaze and cook. I once heard of some pottery paint that would cure in a common house oven, and I once saw one that doesn't need to bee cooked at all.....As long as none of the decor comes in touch with the decorated surfaces... so that defeats the purpose of using it to decorate a usable dinner set, IMO.
ReplyGuess I will just have to find a kiln around :)
Edith Heath was a leader of the midcentury California pottery movement, who started the factory with her husband Brian in 1959. The tour is full of fun stories about the couple, the craftspeople, and especially about Edith and her headstrong. http://www.batteryfast.com/apple/a1185-white.htm
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